The tri-county area (Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties) of Central Oregon received over 1,000 lightning strikes in the past 48 hours. Over 100 fires were reported to the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center today, with more coming in every hour. Most of the fires are staffed with firefighters and fires are reported at less than a quarter acre in size. Firefighters continue to work their way in to some of the more remote fires and are working to locate some of the reported fires. The Doghouse Gulch Fire located near the South Fork of the John Day River drainage was the largest of the fires reported today, currently estimated at 16 acres. Single Engine Air Tankers and helicopters are being used to slow the fire, allowing ground resources to engage directly. Smoke jumpers are working a cluster of fires near Cultus Lake, all of which are estimated to be less than a quarter of an acre or single tree fires. They will continue to build fireline and mop-up these incidents until th
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